Journal of the House of Representatives of the Regular Session of the Seventy-Sixth Legislature of the State of Texas, Volume 1 Page: 84
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76th LEGISLATURE- REGULAR SESSION
Sec. 54. TIE VOTE. All matters on which a vote may be taken by the
house shall require for adoption a favorable affirmative vote as required by
these rules, and in the case of a tie vote, the matter shall be considered lost.
Sec. 55. VERIFICATION OF A YEA AND NAY VOTE. When the result
of a yea and nay vote is close, the speaker may on the request of any
member order a verification vote, or the speaker may order a verification on
his or her own initiative. During verification, no member shall change a vote
unless it was erroneously recorded, nor may any member not having voted
cast a vote; however, when the clerk errs in reporting the yeas and nays, and
correction thereof leaves decisive effect to the speaker's vote, the speaker may
exercise the right to vote, even though the result has been announced. A
verification shall be called for immediately after the vote is announced. The
speaker shall not entertain a request for verification after the house has
proceeded to the next question, or after a recess or an adjournment. A vote
to recess or adjourn, like any other proposition, may be verified. Only one
vote verification can be pending at a time. A verification may be dispensed
with by a two-thirds vote.
Sec. 56. VERIFICATION OF A REGISTRATION. The speaker may allow
the verification of a registration (as differentiated from a record vote) if in the
speaker's opinion there is serious doubt as to the presence of a quorum.
Sec. 57. MOTION FOR A CALL OF THE HOUSE PENDING
VERIFICATION. A motion for a call of the house, and all incidental
motions relating to it, shall be in order pending the verification of a vote.
These motions must be made before the roll call on verification begins, and
it shall not be in order to break into the roll call to make them.
Sec. 58. ERRONEOUS ANNOUNCEMENT OF THE RESULT OF A
VOTE. If, by an error of the voting clerk or reading clerk in reporting the
yeas and nays from a registration or verification, the speaker announces a
result different from that shown by the registration or verification, the status
of the question shall be determined by the vote as actually recorded. If the
vote is erroneously announced in such a way as to change the true result,
all subsequent proceedings in connection therewith shall fail, and the
journal shall be amended accordingly.
RULE 6. ORDER OF BUSINESS AND CALENDARS
Sec. 1. DAILY ORDER OF BUSINESS. (a) When the house convenes
on a new legislative day, the daily order of business shall be as follows:
(1) Call to order by speaker.
(2) Registration of members.
(3) Prayer by chaplain, unless the invocation has been given
previously on the particular calendar day.
(4) Excuses for absence of members and officers.
(5) First reading and reference to committee of bills filed with the
chief clerk; and motions to introduce bills, when such motions are required.
(6) Requests to print bills and other papers; requests of committees
for further time to consider papers referred to them; and all other routine
motions and business not otherwise provided for, all of which shall be
undebatable except that the mover and one opponent of the motion shall be
allowed three minutes each.84
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Texas. Legislature. House of Representatives. Journal of the House of Representatives of the Regular Session of the Seventy-Sixth Legislature of the State of Texas, Volume 1, legislative document, 1999; (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth97442/m1/88/: accessed April 28, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu; crediting UNT Libraries Government Documents Department.